CHAP. XLVJI. TAMARICA V CE^. MYRICa'rIA. 9i«9 



T. effilsa Ehrenb. is a native of the north of Africa. 



Remark. The native localities of the above sorts, and their synonymes; tlie circumstance of T. 

 gallica being found not only in Europe, but in Africa and Asia ; together with the nature of the 

 plant, which is extremely liable to vary with soil and situation; seem to us to render it highly pro- 

 bable that all the above sorts are only varieties of one and the same species. Whether or not they 

 are worth keeping distinct as varieties, it is impossible to say from the description, without having 

 seen the plants. 



App. ii. Half-hardy Sorts ofTamarix. 



T. africdna Poir., Don's Mill., 2. p. 726. ; T. gallica var. y Willd. ; has the bark browner, and 

 the flowers a little larger than in T. gallica. It is found on the shores of the Mediterranean, in 

 Egypt, and in various parts of the Levant. It is considered as requiring the protection of a frame 

 in England ; which may, probably, be the case, till it has become inured to the climate, even if it 

 should be only a variety of T. gallica. 



T. canarie'nsis Willd. is a native of the Grand Canary Island and of Teneriffe, where it grows 

 to the height of 5 ft. or 6 ft. 



T. pycnocdrpa Dec. is a native of the Levant, on the road side between Bagdad and Kermancha. 



T. passerinbldes Del. Fl. Egypt, is a native of Arabia and Egypt, in arid places. Ehrenberg, in the 

 Linncea, as before quoted, has described three forms of this alleged species : T. p. 1 divaricata, a 

 native of the Oasis of Jupiter Ammon ; T. p. 2 Hammdm's, also a native of the Oasis ; and T. p. 3 

 macrocarpa, found in various parts of Arabia and Egypt. 



Other species or sorts are enumerated in Dec. Prod, and Don's Mill., which, being natives of India 

 and Senegal, are considered as requiring the stove in Britain, and they are, consequently, omitted 

 here j though, if they properly belong to the genus, they will, probably, be found half-hardy. 



Genus II. 



MYRICA V RIA Desv. The Myricaria. Lin.Syst. Monadelphia 

 Decandria. 



Identification. Desv. Ann. Sc. Nat, 4. p. 349. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 97. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 727. 

 Synonymes. The species of Tamarix of authors that have monadelphous stamens. 

 Derivation. From murike, the Greek name of the tamarisk, derived from murd, to flow ; the species 

 being generally found on the banks of running streams ; or from the flowing of the sap as manna. 



Description, cfc. Subevergreen shrubs, not growing to half the height of 

 Tamarix gallica, and readily distinguished from it by their longer and thicker 

 leaves, placed at a greater distance from one another on the stem ; and by their 

 larger flowers, which have 10 stamens. The propagation and culture are the 

 same as those of the preceding genus. 



* 1. M. germa'nica Desv. The German Myricaria, or German Tamarisk. 



Identification. Desv. Ann. Sc. Nat., 4. p. 349. ; Dec. Prod., 3. p. 97. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 727. 

 Synonymes. Tamarix germanica Lin. Sp., 386., Schkuhr Handb., t. 35. ; Tamariscus decandrus 



Lam. Fl. Fr. ; Tamarix decandra Mcench ; Tamariscus germanicus Lob. Ic, 2. t. 218. ; Tamaris 



d'Allemagne, Fr. ; Deutschen Tamarisken, Ger. 

 Engravings. Mill. Ic, t. 262. f. 2. ; Schkuhr Handb., t. 35. ; Lob. Ic, 2. t. 218. ; and our fig. 672. 



Spec. Char., cfc. Fruticulose, glabrous. Leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, sessile. Spikes of flowers terminal, solitary. 

 Bracteas longer than the pedicels. Capsules ascending. 

 {Dec. Prod., iii. p. 97.) A native of inundated sandy 

 places, and the banks of rivers, throughout all Europe ; 

 and, in Asia, found on Caucasus, and the Himalayas. 

 It was introduced into Britain in 1582, and, it is 

 supposed, by Archbishop Grindall. It grows to the 

 height of 6 ft. or 8 ft., and flowers from June to September. 



* 2. M. dahu^rica Dec. The Dahurian Myricaria. 



Identification. Dec. Prod., 3. p. 98. ; Don's Mill., 3. p. 728. 

 Synonyme. Tamarix dahurica Willd. Act. Berol., No. 16, 



Spec. Char., $c. Shrubby, glabrous. Leaves linear, almost oblong, sessile, 

 slightly spreading. Spikes of flowers lateral, ovate-cylindrical, thick, blunt, 

 with scales at the bas£. Bracteas extending as far as the flowers. {Dec, 

 Prod., iii. p. 98.) A native of Siberia, beyond the Baikal, and of Dahuria. 

 Introduced in 1816, and growing to the height of 6 ft. or 8 ft. 



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